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Terror strikes UP; blasts hit courts in 3 big cities
New Delhi: Terror struck Uttar Pradesh on Friday, when serial blasts rocked courts in three cities across the state, killing at least 12 and injuring several others.Official sources put the death toll at 5, though unofficially the death toll is close to 12. Of those, three were killed in Faizabad, seven others died in Varanasi and two people have been killed in Lucknow A little-known outfit, called Indian Mujahideen, has claimed responsibility. UN intelligence agencies said senior UP police officials have received an email in which the outfit has owned up to the attacks. The blasts occurred between 13:26 and 13:30 hours. The first blast occurred outside a court in Faizabad. The second blast hit outside a civil court in Lucknow. And then two simultaneous blasts occurred within the district court campus in Varanasi. All the blasts occurred within four minutes of each other. The UP Government has termed these blasts as a planned terror attack. Posted by: john frum 2007-11-23 |
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